WORKING WITH THE GOVERNING BODY Debt Essentials Program Day 2: Planning a Bond Sale Session 7 Theresia Trevino, Chief Financial Officer 1
WORKING WITH THE GOVERNING BODY
Debt Essentials Program
Day 2: Planning a Bond Sale
Session 7
Theresia Trevino, Chief Financial Officer
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Working with the Governing Body
Governing Body’s Role
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Must review Official Statement and exercise independent judgment in approving securities disclosure
•Ultimately responsible for accuracy of statements of fact about issuer in disclosures
•Familiarity with audited financial statements is encouraged
May rely on advice of professionals in determining what to disclose
•Reliance must be reasonable
Approves full, near final draft of the Official Statement prior to publication
•Must have adequate understanding of the proposed transaction
Working with the Governing Body
SEC Investigations of Boards
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“A public official who approves the issuance of securities and related disclosure documents may not authorize disclosure that the public official knows to be materially false or misleading; nor may the public official authorize disclosure while recklessly disregarding facts that indicate that there is a risk that the disclosure may be misleading. When, for example, a public official has knowledge of facts bringing into question the issuer’s ability to repay the securities, it is reckless for that official to approve disclosure to investors without taking steps appropriate under the circumstances to prevent the dissemination of materially false or misleading information regarding those facts.”
Report of Investigation in the Matter of County of Orange, California as it Relates to the Conduct of the Members of the Board of Supervisors, Exchange Act Release No. 36761
(January 24, 1996).
Working with the Governing Body
Preissuance Activities
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Educate the Governing Body on project and financing terms
Explain complex topics
Present a preliminary Plan of Finance
Working with the Governing Body
Example: Commercial Paper
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Bank Letter of Credit
RCTC
Issuing & Paying Agent/ Trustee
Note holders
Dealer
Working with the Governing Body
Example: Variable Rate Debt
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Bank SBPAs
RCTC
Bond holders
Remarketing Agent
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Example: Synthetic Fixed
Rate Debt
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Working with the Governing Body
Example: Plan of Finance
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Par Amount $ 158,760,000
Premium 17,460,964
151,424,726
110,000,000
$ 437,645,690
$ 98,511,433
151,424,726
110,000,000
14,000,000
30,000,000
403,936,159
33,709,531
$ 437,645,690 1 Amounts are subject to change
Ramp-Up Fund Deposit
Repayment of RCTC Commercial Paper
91 Project
Bonds Proceeds Construction Fund Deposit
Total Uses
Subtotal I-15 ELP
Uses1:
I-15 ELP
Bonds Proceeds Construction Fund Deposit
TIFIA Construction Draws
CMAQ/STBG Reimbursements
Sources1:
Sales Tax Bonds (I-15 ELP & 91 Project)
TIFIA Loan (I-15 ELP)
CMAQ/STBG Funds (I-15 ELP)
Total Sources
Working with the Governing Body
Issuance Activities
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• Prior financings and debt limits
• Purpose of financing
• Key debt terms and security provisions
Explain Transaction
• Include required state disclosures under SB450
Review Updated Plan of Finance
• Highlight importance of official statement
Identify Financing Documents for Approval
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Example: Debt Terms
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•Projected Loan: $151.4 million, capped at 33% of eligible costsAmount
•SeniorLien
•Toll RevenuesRepayment Source
•35 year term from start of operationsAmortization
Toll authority extends for additional 15 years beyond TIFIA repayment
Working with the Governing Body
Example: Security Provisions
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TestsRate Coverage Maintenance
Additional Bonds
Blocked Payment
FundsDebt Service Reserve
Ramp Up Reserve
Repair & Rehabilitation Fund
SupportRCTC Loans from Measure A:
Initial
Contingent Backstop
Working with the Governing Body
Example: Flow of Funds
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Residual Fund (split between RCTC and TIFIA Prepayment on a 50/50 basis)
Commission Loan Repayment
Holding Fund (released when coverage tests are met)
TIFIA Scheduled Principal Payments
Repair and Rehabilitation Costs (minimum balance requirement)
TIFIA Scheduled Interest Payments
TIFIA Reserve ($18 million)
TIFIA Mandatory Debt Service
Operation and Maintenance, including ramp up reserve ($14 million maximum funding requirement)
Toll Revenues
Working with the Governing Body
Example: Financing Documents
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Resolution 17-006Sales Tax Bonds
• Official Statement
• Continuing Disclosure Agreement
• 7th Supplemental Indenture
• Bond Purchase Agreement
TIFIA Loan
• Master Toll Indenture
• First Supplemental Indenture
• Loan Agreement
Working with the Governing Body
Example: Staff Report Emphasis
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As part of the action to authorize the issuance of the 2018 Refunding Bonds, the Commission will approve the form ofthe preliminary Official Statement and authorize its distribution in connection with the sale of the refunding bonds, aswell as the preparation of a final Official Statement once the bonds have been sold and priced. These offeringdocuments are required under state and federal securities laws prohibiting the offer and sale of securities such as the2018 Refunding Bonds, unless all matters that would be material to an investor in the bonds have been adequatelydisclosed and that there is no omission of material facts. Furthermore, under rules of the Securities and ExchangeCommission, the underwriters cannot purchase the bonds unless they have received a substantially final offeringdocument, which discloses all material information that they reasonably believe to be true and correct.
The Commissioners serving on the Board as the governing body of the issuer of the 2018 Refunding Bonds are expectedto read and be familiar with the information described in the draft preliminary Official Statement included with thisstaff report. The Commissioners may employ the services of experts to take the lead in the drafting and review of theOfficial Statement and to provide financial projections included in the Official Statement; however, the Commissionershave the duty to review the information and bring to the attention of those responsible for the preparation of theoffering document any material misstatements or omissions in the draft and to ask questions if they are unclear aboutthe information or their role. Some members of the financing team will be available at the Commission meeting torespond to the identification of any misstatements or omissions or to such questions.
Working with the Governing Body
Example: State Disclosures
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Required Information AmountAttachment 1
Page
True interest cost of the bonds2.389% 2
Finance charge of the bonds (sum of all fees and charges paid to third parties)
$519,359 1
Amount of proceeds received by Commission less the finance charge and any reserves or capitalized interest
$74,929,026 1
Total payment amount (sum of all debt service payments through the final maturity plus any amount of the finance charge not paid from proceeds of the bonds)
$86,003,228 9
Working with the Governing Body
Postissuance Activities
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•Ensure accuracy and completeness
•Statements by officials
•Information posted on websitePublic Information
•Invite governing body member(s) to presentations
Rating Agencies
•Review audited financial statementsContinuing Disclosure
•Update periodicallyDebt Management Policy
Working with the Governing Body
Final Thoughts
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Don’t present a financing that you can’t explain
•Use your family as guinea pigs
•Get senior management approval
Get input from financing team members
•Have them attend governing body meetings
•Use them as a resource
Prepare informative staff reports
•Tell the story in English
•Use simple graphics and tables
Educate your governing body
•Debt 101 sessions
•Workshops
•Preissuance (and prior)
•Rating agency trips
Other communications
•Budget process/adoption
•Newsletters
•Press releases
Other available resources
• Prior staff reports/presentations
•CDIAC
•GFOA
•CSMFO
If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.--Albert Einstein
QUESTIONS & DISCUSSION
Handouts:
101 Debt Presentation Example
Project Financing Staff Report Example
Refunding Staff Report Example
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